A TEENAGER who took part in an "honour" attack which killed a six-year-old Birmingham girl was today beginning an eight-year sentence.

A TEENAGER who took part in an "honour" attack which killed a six-year-old Birmingham girl was today beginning an eight-year sentence.

Daryll Tuzzio had previously been found guilty of the manslaughter of Alisha Begum as well as arson with intent to endanger life.

Mr Justice Field told Birmingham Crown Court yesterday that Tuzzio had taken part in a "wicked plan" to terrorise the victim's brother, who had formed a relationship with a 16-year-old girl.

After the sentencing Alisha's elder brother, Abdul Mumin, said: "My sister was murdered in the most horrible way. This man has got eight years, but my sister has got no more years."

Mr Justice Field told Tuzzio: "You allowed yourself to be recruited by a friend, Mohammed Foaz Ahmed, to join a wicked plan to set the Begum family house on fire."

He said Alisha's brother Abdul Hamid had formed an entirely innocent relationship with 16-year-old Meheran Khanum, Ahmed's sister, meeting her twice and speaking to her on the phone.

"In the view of Foaz Ahmed, Abdul Hamid had to be taught a lesson. He had to be terrorised by a fire set at night in the family house to punish him for his defiance and to force him never again to have contact with Meheran so that the Ahmed would have no difficulty in marrying Meheran off to someone of their choice.

"It must be clearly understood that such actions can not and will not be tolerated in this country."

The judge said that Tuzzio had bought the petrol used in the attack on the property in Bayswater Road, Aston, in March, that he had gone to the house and that he was aware there were people inside.

Before the firebombing, a threatening call was made to Mr Hamid's home, which he shared with his brothers and sisters, warning him to keep away from Meheran.

On the following day, shortly before midnight, the front door of the property was smashed open and a masked man sprayed petrol in the hallway.

The fire spread upstairs and family members were forced to jump from the house, but Alisha was trapped inside.

Tuzzio, 18, of Sandringham Road, Perry Barr, who maintained that he had nothing to do with the blaze, was sent to a young offenders' institution.

Det Sgt Stuart Kidd said later: "This sentencing cannot compensate for the loss of a young child, a sister or family member. There can never be honour in killing."

Tuzzio's suspected co-conspirators, Foaz Ahmed and Jabed Ali, are believed to be in Bangladesh.